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Only after the straight-talking repairman handed me the bill and waved goodbye did I finally acknowledge the painful truth: Our 20-year-old clothes dryer was not going to last.

I turned to my husband. “He says we’re throwing good money after bad,” I sighed. “I think he’s right.”

“When do you want to go shopping for a new one?” my husband asked.

I glanced out the window, admiring the sunlight dancing on the big-leaf maples（楓葉） in our backyard. Perfect drying weather. Suddenly, I recalled my mother hanging laundry on a clothesline during my childhood. My sister and I had played hide-and-seek among the sweet-smelling sheets waving in the wind.

I suddenly had a plan. After the wash cycle, we covered the maples with damp blue jeans, shirts, socks and towels. The only things that didn’t go outside were my underpants. And I persuaded my shameless husband to let his big boxer shorts(男式平角短褲) stay indoors, too.

There is a secret pleasure to hanging laundry outdoors. It is the perfect excuse to get up from the computer. While checking on the laundry in the backyard, I could commune(親近) not only with cotton T-shirts, but also my cats. I could watch cautious deer run through the yard with their young, listen to nervous squirrels in trees and observe a family of wild turkeys by the road. I returned to my desk refreshed.

And, except for the sandpaper feel of sun-dried bath towels, the drying method was a complete success. When autumn came, I’d scan the horizon each day to evaluate the chances of sun-drying. One morning I saw rain clouds. I had a load of wet clothes in my arms and no place to put them.

I found my husband. Together we hung laundry throughout the house.

Then my husband gave me a hug and a smile. “I think it’s time to buy a dryer…” he said, “… like, today.”

“Good idea,” I said, just as the infamous Oregon rain started.

Our sun-dried laundry habit was finished for the season.

1. Why did the author want to try sun-drying?

a. Her husband insisted.

b. She wanted to cut expenses.

c. Their dryer wasn’t working.

d. She had good childhood memories of using a clothesline.

A. b c B. c d C. a c d D. b c d

2.What could the straight-talking repairman have said to the author?

A. “Continue to use it even if it is old.”

B. “You should have taken better care of your dryer.”

C. “You shouldn’t have wasted money on repairing your dryer.”

D. “Just buy a new dryer even if it’s very expensive.”

3. What was the biggest benefit that sun-drying brought to the author besides dry clothes?

A. She loves sun-dried bath towels.

B. She felt healthier and closer to nature.

C. She could bathe in the sunshine, too.

D. It gave her a break from her housework.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. The author has stopped sun-drying since autumn started.

B. The author later became fed up with the trouble of hanging up her clothes.

C. The author listened to weather reports every day when autumn came.

D. The author realized sun-drying was seasonal and thus had its disadvantages

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了因為烘干機壞了，我嘗試著在外面曬衣服的情況，但是最后因為天氣不好，我不能總是在外面曬衣服。

1.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段Our 20-year-old clothes dryer was not going to last.和第4段Suddenly, I recalled my mother hanging laundry on a clothesline during my childhood. 可知舊的烘干機以及兒童時媽媽曬衣服的回憶讓嘗試著在外面曬衣服。故B正確。

2. 推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句Our 20-year-old clothes dryer was not going to last.可知我們家的烘干機壞掉了。維修人員說不能修了。說明C項“你們不要在維修烘干機上浪費時間了”符合上下文情況。

3.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第6段While checking on the laundry in the backyard, I could commune(親近) not only with cotton T-shirts, but also my cats. I could watch cautious deer run through the yard with their young, listen to nervous squirrels in trees and observe a family of wild turkeys by the road. I returned to my desk refreshed.可知在我們曬衣服可以讓我們親近大自然，讓我們感覺根據(jù)健康。故B正確。

4.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Our sun-dried laundry habit was finished for the season.和倒數(shù)第四段One morning I saw rain clouds. I had a load of wet clothes in my arms and no place to put them.可知我不能再在外面曬衣服主要是因為天氣原因。故D正確。

考點：日常生活類閱讀理解